All posts tagged "suffix"
Thieves, Knives, and Chiefs and English PluralsEnglish is rule-based. I repeat: Like all languages, English is rule-based. A tweet recently appeared in my Twitter feed in which...
InformationMay 3, 2020- <*tion> Is Not an English Suffix
<*tion> is not an English suffix. I repeat: <*tion> is not an English suffix. I previously wrote a post entitled The...
InformationJanuary 17, 2020 - The -ion Suffix, Connecting Vowel <i>, and Phonological Markers
To begin, -*tion, -*sion, -*cion, and -*xion are not suffixes. Only -ion is a suffix. A suffix is a bound morpheme...
InformationJuly 5, 2019 - Pluralizing Last Names: Never Use an Apostrophe
One way in which nouns differ from other grammatical forms in the English language is grammatical number. Prototypical English nouns have...
InformationNovember 16, 2018 - Grammatical Form of English Adverbs: Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Adverbs
Adverbs in English are traditionally defined as “words that describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and clauses.” Adverb phrases are phrases formed...
English AdverbsSeptember 5, 2013 - Grammatical Form of English Adjectives: Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Adjectives
Traditional grammars define adjectives as “words that describe nouns.” Adjective phrases are phrases formed by an adjective plus any modifiers or...
English AdjectivesApril 13, 2013 - Possessive Nouns in English
Possessive nouns are nouns that indicate a possession of or some other relationship to another word or phrase. In the English...
English NounsMarch 25, 2013 - Regular Plural Nouns in English
Prototypical English nouns have both singular and plural forms. Singular nouns refer to one “person, place, thing, or idea” while plural...
English NounsMarch 23, 2013 - Types of English Affixes: Derivational and Inflectional Prefixes and Suffixes
An affix is a bound morpheme that attaches to the stem of a word to form either a new word or...
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